Mojo Presents: US AND THEM. A Pink Floyd Companion - Various Artists

Compact Disc - 23 Ears / UK Music.

2023 - U.K.

Sold with MOJO February 2023. Not for resale.

 

Back cover

Disc

Liner notes:

1 LOVE MY LITTLE RED BOOK

2 CHUCK BERRY BEAUTIFUL DELILAH

3 DORIS TROY JUST ONE LOOK

4 MARY LOU LORD FEARLESS

5 THE CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET BLUE SANDS

6 ANTHONY MOORE CAUGHT BEING IN LOVE

7 ROBYN HITCHCOCK ARNOLD LAYNE

8 SNOWY WHITE LOVE, PAIN & SORROW

9 THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND EAST-WEST

10 A CAMP US AND THEM

11 MILES DAVIS I LOVES YOU, PORGY

12 ADRIAN PRAETZELLIS THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN FROM THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (EXTRACT)

13 CLARE TORRY THEME FROM FILM 'OCE'

14 RON GEESIN A RAISE OF EYEBROWS

15 RON GRAINER OLD NED (THEME FROM STEPTOE AND SON)

A 23 Ears production for MOJO magazine

Clothes Collector Dave Henderson With Raised Eyebrows Carl Lawrence

Fearless Mark Wagstaff

Special thanks to Kath and Mat at Warner Brothers, James at Fire, Fred at Drag City, Tom at Reveal, Mark Stratford, Paul and John at Cherry Red and Chris and Susan at Wise Music

Magazine

“WE’RE PLAYING SOMETHING COMPLETELY different from what has gone before,” Richard Wright told Disc And Music Echo in 1967, as Pink Floyd began the complicated business of explaining themselves to the press. “Like jazz musicians, we improvise all the time, both vocally and instrumentally.”

As is the case with a lot of great bands, Pink Floyd made music that was truly innovative, while still finding a place for themselves in a kind of sonic continuum. Their radical breakthroughs were many, but their esoteric heroes and peers also had a role to play – not just fellow psychedelic voyagers, but jazz masters, beloved novelists and avant-garde jesters, too. Perhaps even a familiar TV theme could have inspired one of their wildest flights.

For this latest MOJO CD, we’ve gathered together a bunch of significant Floyd influences, added some work by their trusted collaborators, topped off the mix with a few bespoke cover versions, and ended up with Us And Them: A Pink Floyd Companion. File this one alongside your Floyd albums, as the key to a diverse and expanded musical universe. See you beyond the dark side of the moon!

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